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I remember reading a study (it is pretty generic and I'm sure done many times), where a research group put a stereotypical 'white name' on a resume and sent it

by tubbzor 13y ago

I remember reading a study (it is pretty generic and I'm sure done many times), where a research group put a stereotypical 'white name' on a resume and sent it out, then put a stereotypical 'black name' on the same resume and sent it out. I'm sure you see where this is going in that the 'white' resume received many more calls and interviews. This bias is unfortunate but pretty prevalent in most organizations, and is even seen in university admissions frequently (same ethnic bias, different reasons). I have had several professors/GTAs at uni who are native Indians that I highly respect for their CS knowledge. The accent can be a little hard to pick up at first if you've never been around it but after that its all gravy :) Likewise I've had some who I've completely despised, just like every other person of every other ethnicity. I'm sorry you have to deal with that. Edit: expand on last para

impendia 13y ago
It is possible to test yourself for such biases: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
- phaus 13y ago
  That "test" is completely ridiculous and meaningless.
  - impendia 13y ago
    Would you like to make an argument in favor of your assertion?
    - phaus 13y ago
      The implication is that by changing the word/picture associations at each level, they will eventually trick you into revealing that you are racist, as you mistakenly associate the negative words to the race which you are allegedly prejudice against. Wouldn't it be just as likely that people would click because they simply mixed up which side of the screen the association was supposed to go on? Such a mistake could also be attributed to a lack of attention or even clumsiness. It seems like the test takes a huge leap of logic by automatically associating the mistakes with racism. Twice throughout the test I mistakenly clicked the wrong side for a negative word association. Once it was with an African American portrait and once it was with a European American portrait. One would think that this would even things out, but the test determined that I'm a racist because I got blue and red mixed up. As I said, it's utterly ridiculous.

by tubbzor 13y ago

impendia 13y ago

It is possible to test yourself for such biases: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

phaus 13y ago
That "test" is completely ridiculous and meaningless.
- impendia 13y ago
  Would you like to make an argument in favor of your assertion?
  - phaus 13y ago
    The implication is that by changing the word/picture associations at each level, they will eventually trick you into revealing that you are racist, as you mistakenly associate the negative words to the race which you are allegedly prejudice against. Wouldn't it be just as likely that people would click because they simply mixed up which side of the screen the association was supposed to go on? Such a mistake could also be attributed to a lack of attention or even clumsiness. It seems like the test takes a huge leap of logic by automatically associating the mistakes with racism. Twice throughout the test I mistakenly clicked the wrong side for a negative word association. Once it was with an African American portrait and once it was with a European American portrait. One would think that this would even things out, but the test determined that I'm a racist because I got blue and red mixed up. As I said, it's utterly ridiculous.